Welcome to Living in a Bookworld, which basically is a blog full of what else but books. Here, you can find and read reviews about books from the young adult, fiction and not, and sometimes the adult section. Also, every month is going to be dedicated to an author or two. You will be able to see the new books that come out every week as well. Let the book journey begin!

Daegan, elite of the Ferrishyn warrior tribe of Faeries, is charged with a
mission to find the Sol-lumieth, a mysterious new power that could change the
fate of all in the realm of Alandria. But he is conflicted by his purpose, and
he cannot trust the motives of those he serves. He has too many questions and
they must be answered.
Kaeleigh, a girl abandoned as a small child just outside Missoula, Montana, is
now 18. She is trying to discover who she is and where she belongs. In her
heart, she feels she has family out there… somewhere. Desperate to unravel the
mysteries of her past, she embarks on a journey that will forever change her
along with her two best friends, Finn and Chel—who have secrets of their own.

It takes place right after Kaeleigh, the
main character, had a bad dream (or was it just a dream? ;)…

Taken from Chapter 8

The laughter accompanied with casual conversation, enabled her to relax
in the ease of their friendship. Kaeleigh gathered the cards to be put away and
yawned as the need for sleep hit her once again. Getting up from the couch,
Finn grabbed an extra blanket out of the closet.“I guess I’ll take one of these toss pillows,” Finn joked and promptly
tossed it to the couch.“Throw pillows,” Kaeleigh corrected, “Decorative throw pillows to be
exact.”“Oh, excuse me then,” Finn rolled his eyes. “You won’t mind if I throw
them then will you?” And with that, he threw two more much like you’d throw a
baseball, if a baseball were several times more square and tasseled.Kaeleigh watched in mock horror as he threw her pretty pillows so
rough… so… so like a boy! “What are you doing, Finn?”“Go to bed, Kae, I’ll sleep on the couch to keep you company in case
you have another bad dream or need anything,” Finn said and headed back to the
couch to his makeshift bed.Kaeleigh got into her bed, feeling slightly guilty that one of her best
friends, who had been so great to her tonight when she needed a friend, was
going to sleep on her springy and not-so-comfortable-for-sleeping couch. After
all, things seemed back to normal and Finn had spent the night before and it
was no big deal, although Chel was usually there too. He’ll be fine out
there on the couch. The couch squeaked as Finn plopped himself down and
made himself comfortable, or at least tried. Every time he turned over or
adjusted his position on the couch, it squeaked.Ughh! I’ll never get any sleep with all
that racket out there.“Finn, you don’t have to stay out there.” Kaeleigh’s shout sounded
muffled from under her comforter.“I’m fine, I’m not leaving you tonight. You’re still a bit shaken up,
I’ll stay the night... or what’s left of it,” Finn replied in a tired voice.“No, I mean you don’t have to sleep out there on the couch, there’s
plenty of room in here,” Kaeleigh said, looking at her king-sized bed.“I’m good, Kae. Go to sleep.” Finn yawned.“Please, Finn?” A slight tremor in her voice revealed the depth of her
fear at returning to sleep.“Well,” Finn began as he rose from the couch, “Your bed is more
comfortable, but only if you’re fine with it.” He leaned against the doorframe
into her bedroom. “You can’t tell Chel we had a slumber party without her
though, she’ll never forgive us for that,” he said with a playful grin as he
walked in her room.“Tell me about it! She hates to feel like she’s missed anything. The
other day when we had lunch without her she went on and on about it that whole
day,” Kaeleigh rambled dramatically. “It’s our secret,” she said, scooting over
to the far side of the bed to give Finn space. Her room wasn’t that big, but
when Chel had lived there they had decided to share so they made the king bed
fit. It always made them laugh when they reminisced about their acrobatic
maneuvers attempting to get it in the door and turned properly inside the room.
Smiling, she thought, See, totally normal, no big deal. Then she heard
his belt buckle as he was taking it off. Kaeleigh quickly flipped over and
froze. Her gaze fixated at the opposite wall, blushing like a little girl at
the thought of a boy in her room taking his clothes off. Nervously, she
smoothed the hair away from her eyes and clutched her pillow within her talons.
Why am I freaking out? Realizing Finn was laughing, she rolled slightly
back toward him.“What’s so funny?”“You.” He looked in her eyes and took in her face with a humorous
twinkle in his eyes, but there was also a hint of something else—something
resembling desire. “Don’t worry, I’m just taking off my belt.” He held it up
for her to inspect. “It’s uncomfortable, but everything else is staying on
unless…” Finn waggled his eyebrows suggestively at her, “you want it to
come off, Kaeleigh,” he said teasing her but equally making fun of her.
Kaeleigh’s mouth fell open in mocked shock.“Shut up and go to sleep.” She threw a pillow at him and rolled back
over. Of course he’d be the perfect gentleman. At least she was pretty sure he
would be. “Good night, Finn, thanks for being here.”“That’s what I’m here for.” Finn lay down on his side of the bed and
got comfortable. “Maybe my being here will keep the bad guy in your dreams
away.” He paused. “Good night, Kae.” Finn rolled the opposite direction, but
did not fall right to sleep. His eyes wide, realization hit Finn that he had slipped.
Hopefully Kaeleigh had too much to think about that she would not catch what he
had said, but he knew her better than that. Something was changing and it
killed him that he couldn’t talk to her about it. If he could only get her to
talk to him about it.Kaeleigh smiled, fully satisfied from the middle of the night fun. As
she drifted asleep his last words about the bad guy kept rolling through her
mind.

Kaeleigh is faced with a revelation that she must reconcile. She will decide if
discovering the truth is worth the unknown consequences to both herself and her
friends.

Daegan, the Ferrishyn warrior, is conflicted by more than his loyalties, and is
confronted with emotions he doesn’t know how to deal with. A choice must be
made. A choice… that may cost him more than he ever wanted to give.

The Droch-Shúil—enforcers and servants of the ancient darkness—continue to cast
their shadow over Alandria seeking those who can be turned to their side.

The magic of The Orchids is growing, but not everyone will survive what is to
come.

Veiled Shadows is the second installment in The Age of Alandria series: the
story of the Sol-lumieth’s quest for freedom of self and the power to battle
the evil of the Droch-Shúil.

I’m going to share with you my top 10
favorite books. Ok so individual books were too hard so I picked favorite
series (which was still hard!!) There’s just SO MANY!!!

I chose these as my faves because they are series
that I have (and will still) read over and over again…I LOVE them that much. I
also mainly chose YA books because well that is mainly what I read, but that is
also the genre my current book is in so I thought it was fitting (okay, okay
I’m trying to figure out ways of narrowing my options ;)

I also love these because they all have
strong female leads (ok so HP obviously is a male lead but hello… Hermione
rocks!) Girl power!! ;) AND they have (again other than HP…ok so there’s a little
but not enough to really count) good fun romance to them too. They are also
about, yes it’s the coming of age, but I also like to call it the journey of
becoming who they are meant to be. And you may notice they are all either
paranormal and/or fantasy because I LOVE it J

The mysterious woman, known only as “She”, is in a
rage. Her pawn, Maleina has made a dangerous move and severed her
communications with the dark mistress. Now as dueling dark forces, master and
willing initiate, they begin to jockey for power as the stage is set for the
coming war.

Kaeleigh and her small band of loyal companions have
escaped the dungeons of Elnye and found their way to the secret home of the
Ehsmia. After breaking the vicious bond that enslaved Daegan to Maleina’s will,
the walls between Kaeleigh and her Ferrishyn warrior begin to fall, as their
feelings for each other begin to give way to passion.

The darkness is fractured, but its relentless quest
for power goes unabated. A war is coming. However, the power of the Sol-lumieth
has finally come together and found its light. A blinding light of freedom,
that may be the salvation for all of Alandria.

Morgan Wylie,
originally from the Pacific Northwest, now resides near Nashville, TN with her
husband and daughter. She and her husband work everyday at their individual and
combined creative pursuits while she learns to balance being “Mama”, wife, and mediator
to the many voices and muses constantly chattering in her head.